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Ron Rosenfeld Ron Rosenfeld is offline
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Default formula to convert decimal feet to feet inch sixteenths

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:31:03 -0800, John A
wrote:

I found your question very similar to one our school nurse has posed: When
our gym teachers measure students they report students' height in inches only
ie 61". Might their be a formula that would convert 61 inches (61") to 5' 1"?


Assuming whole inches only:

=INT(A1/12)&" ft, "&MOD(A1,12)&" inches"

or,

=INT(A1/12)*100+MOD(A1,12)

and custom format:

Format/Cells/Number/Custom Type: 0' 00\"

If you want to report to tenths of an inch, change the Custom format to
0' 00.0\"


--ron